Succory.
Description.
THe Garden Succory hath longer and nar∣rower Leaves than Endive, and more cut in or torn on the edges, and the Root abideth many yeers: It beareth also blew Flowers like Endive, and the Seed is hardly distingui∣shed from the Seed of the smooth or ordinary Endive.
The wild Succory hath diverse long Leaves lying on the ground very much cut in or torn on the edges, on both sides even to the middle rib ending in point; somtimes it hath a red Rib down the middle of the Leaves, from a∣mong which riseth up a hard, round, woody stalk spreading into many Branches, set with smaller and lesser devided Leaves on them up to the tops where stand the Flowers, which are like the Garden kind as the Seed is also (only take notice that the Flowers of the Garden kind are gone in one Sunny day, they being so cold that they are not able to endure the Beams of the Sun; and therfore most delight in the shadow.) The Root is white, but more hard and woody than the Garden kind: The whol Plant is exceeding bitter.
Place.
This groweth in many places of our Land, in wast, untilled, and barren Fields. The o∣ther only in Gardens.
Vertues and Use.
Garden Succory as it is more dry, and less cold than Endive, so it openeth more: An handful of the Leavs or Roots boyled in Wine or Water, and a draught thereof drunk fa∣sting, driveth forth Chollerick and Flegmatick Humors; openeth Obstructions of the Liver Gall, and Spleen, helpeth the yellow Jaun∣dice, the Heat of the Reins and of the Urine,* 1.1